Residents of lower Shawali Kot district of southern Kandahar province say they travel for hours to reach the only health center in the district. Shawali Kot is a largest district, which was recently divided into Koz (lower) and…
Residents of Marja district in southern Helmand province complain health facilities in the district lack medicines and provide inadequate services.
Residents of Chahar Kint district of northern Balkh complain about inadequate healthcare services in the district and ask the government to address the problem. They say patients and their family face many problems due to non-availability of standard…
Acting Public Health Minister Dr. Qalandar Ebad and Qatari Minister of State for International Cooperation Lulwa Al Khater have discussed the establishment of a 400-bed hospital in Afghanistan and provision of health services to returning Afghan refugees. The…
Some residents Nesh district of southern Kandahar province are complaining about lack of access to health services. Syed Mohammad, a resident of Nesh district, told Pajhwok: “We have only one clinic in the entire distric with a…
Residents of Nika district of southeastern Paktika province say they face many problems in the absence of a well-equipped health facility. Haji Khadi Khan, a resident and tribal elder of Janatkhel village in the district, told Pajhwok Afghan…
The residents of Beland Dasht area of Marja district in southern Helmand province complain they lack access to sufficient health facilities. Abdul Razzaq Akhundzada, a resident of the area, told Pajhwok Afghan News that people of their area…
A number of residents of the Miramor district of central Daikundi province complain about the lack of health facilities and services. In habitants of Ashto Giro area, where more than 400 families live, have no easy access to…
The Public Health Department of western Farah province says the residents of many areas of Pur Chaman district are lacking access to health facilities. Deputy public health department director Din Mohammad Abdul Haq told Pajhwok Afghan News…
The residents of Zankhan district in southern Ghazni complain they have been lacking access to health facilities since long. They say the only government hospital in the district center has a few workers and beds and many…
Acting PM and Political Aide Mawlavi Abdul Kabir has said that there was urgent need for the improvement of the standards of health system in the country and the Medical Council has formed strategies in this regard. The…
Residents of 20 remote and inaccessible villages in 13 districts of northeastern Badakhshan province lack access to health services. The residents say having access to health services and facilities in their areas remains a dream. Zikrullah, 54, a…
A number of residents of Aqtash district in northern Kunduz province complain they lack access to health services and their patients often die before reaching hospital in Kunduz city, the provincial capital. Abdullah, a resident, said Aqtash…
Residents of remote villages in the Chardara district of northern Kunduz province lack access to health facilities and as a result they are facing numerous problems. Residents of remote areas say they do not have access to health…
Residents of Panjab and Waras districts in central Bamyan province complain about lack of quality health services and medicines in their clinics. Nader, a resident of Sarhjovi village in Waras district, said the lack of advanced equipment…
Some residents of remote districts in northern Takhar province are complaining about lack of necessary health facilities and services. They say some health centers in the province are sans necessary equipment and even ambulances. Fathullah Dawlatyar, a civil…
Several private health centres in Kabul are providing free services to help the needy -- a move welcomed by experts, who want all clinics to follow the humanitarian gesture. The private centres and hospitals offering free health services…
The residents of Marja district in southern Helmand province complain about insufficient health facilities and say the available health centers lack doctors and medicines. However, provincial Public Health Department officials say some areas of the vast district are…
The residents of Nadir Shah Kot district of southeastern Khost province say they lack access to enough health services and the government should make functional a 30-bed hospital built nine years ago in the district. They said…
Residents of Kharwar and Azra districts of central Logar province say they take their patients to the provincial capital, Pul-i-Alam, or neighboring provinces for treatment due to lack health services in their towns. Haji Mohammad Nasim, a resident…
Electricity outages due to destruction of power pylons have not only raised concerns among people and created issues in different sectors, but also crippled health services, which even lead to the death of Covid-19 patients. Recently, the destruction…
